NEJM Interview: Richard Mizelle on how long-standing issues related to structural racism culminated in a state of emergency in Mississippi in 2022.

Richard Mizelle is an associate professor of history at the University of Houston. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. R.M. Mizelle, Jr. A Slow-Moving Disaster — The Jackson Water Crisis and the Health Effects of Racism. N Engl J Med 2023;388:2212-2214.